Defunct Af2 Teams

The following is a list of teams that, at one time, played in the AF2. This does not include teams in AF2 when the Board of Directors formed the New AFL in 2010.

Timeline

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at:1999 color:lineColor layer:back width:0.66 #AFL2 forms
at:2010 color:lineColor layer:back width:0.66 #AFL2 dissolves

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text:
text:"1999: AFL2 is founded"
text:"2009-10: AFL2 suspend operations, AFL restructures"
text:"* indicates ArenaCup championship season"
text:"Grey bars indicate non-AFL2 years or temporary hiatus"

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bar:NorfolkNighthawks
bar:PensacolaBarracudas
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bar:CincinnatiSwarm
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bar:CorpusChristiSharks
bar:FortWayneFusion
bar:LubbockRenegades
bar:MahoningValleyThunder
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bar:AustinWranglers
bar:Daytona
bar:MilwaukeeIron

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# – Alabama Steeldogs
bar:AlabamaSteeldogs from:2000 till:2007 color:orange $Left text:"Birmingham Steeldogs"
bar:AlabamaSteeldogs from:2007 till:2008 color:black $Right text:"Alabama Steeldogs"
# – Arkansas Twisters
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bar:ArkansasTwisters from:2010 till:2011 color:notpro $Left $t:white text:"Arkansas Diamonds"
bar:ArkansasTwisters from:2011 till:2013 color:notpro $RightIn text:"Allen Wranglers"
bar:ArkansasTwisters from:2013 till:end color:notpro $RightIn text:"Texas Revolution"
# – Augusta Stallions
bar:AugustaStallions from:2000 till:2003 color:black $Left text:"Augusta Stallions"
# – Carolina Rhinos
bar:CarolinaRhinos from:2000 till:2003 color:navy $Left text:"Carolina Rhinos"
# – Charleston Swamp Foxes
bar:CharlestonSwampFoxes from:2000 till:2004 color:gold $Left text:"Charleston Swamp Foxes"
# – Greensboro Prowlers
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# – Jacksonville Tomcats
bar:JacksonvilleTomcats from:2000 till:2003 color:black $Left text:"Jacksonville Tomcats"
# – Norfolk Nighthawks
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# – Pensacola Barracudas
bar:PensacolaBarracudas from:2000 till:2003 color:navy $Left text:"Pensacola Barracudas"
# – Richmond Speed
bar:RichmondSpeed from:2000 till:2004 color:black $Left text:"Richmond Speed"
# – Roanoke Steam
bar:RoanokeSteam from:2000 till:2003 color:purple $Left text:"Roanoke Steam"
# – Tallahassee Thunder
bar:TallahasseeThunder from:2000 till:2003 color:lightblue $Left text:"Tallahassee Thunder"
# – Tulsa Talons
bar:TulsaTalons from:2000 till:2010 color:black $Left text:"Tulsa Talons"
bar:TulsaTalons from:2010 till:2012 color:notpro
bar:TulsaTalons from:2010 till:2014 color:notpro $RightIn text:"San Antonio Talons"
bar:TulsaTalons at:2003 $champ mark:(line, black)
bar:TulsaTalons at:2007 $champ mark:(line, black)
# – Quad City Steamwheelers
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bar:QuadCitySteamwheelers at:2000 $champ mark:(line, gold)
bar:QuadCitySteamwheelers at:2001 $champ mark:(line, gold)
# – Tennessee Valley Vipers
bar:TennesseeValleyVipers from:2000 till:2005 color:green $Left text:"Tennessee Valley Vipers"
bar:TennesseeValleyVipers from:2005 till:2006 color:notpro $Left text:"Tennessee Valley Raptors"
bar:TennesseeValleyVipers from:2006 till:2010 color:green $LeftIn text:"Tennessee Valley Vipers"
bar:TennesseeValleyVipers from:2010 till:2011 color:notpro $Right text:"Alabama Vipers"
bar:TennesseeValleyVipers from:2011 till:2013 color:notpro $Right text:"Georgia Force"
bar:TennesseeValleyVipers at:2008 $champ mark:(line, green)
# – Iowa Barnstormers
bar:IowaBarnstormers from:start till:2001 color:notpro $LeftIn text:"Iowa Barnstormers"
bar:IowaBarnstormers from:2001 till:2002 color:black
bar:IowaBarnstormers from:2008 till:2010 color:black
bar:IowaBarnstormers from:2011 till:end color:notpro
# – Lincoln Lightning
bar:LincolnLightning from:1999 till:2001 color:notpro $LeftIn text:"Lincoln Lightning"
bar:LincolnLightning from:2001 till:2002 color:Red
bar:LincolnLightning from:2002 till:2007 color:notpro $RightIn text:"Lincoln Capitols"
# – Peoria Pirates
bar:PeoriaPirates from:1999 till:2001 color:notpro $LeftIn text:"Peoria Pirates"
bar:PeoriaPirates from:2001 till:2005 color:black
bar:PeoriaPirates from:2005 till:2007 color:notpro $RightIn text:"Peoria Rough Riders"
bar:PeoriaPirates from:2008 till:2010 color:black $Right text:"Peoria Pirates"
bar:PeoriaPirates at:2002 $champ mark:(line, black)
# – Wichita Stealth
bar:WichitaStealth from:2000 till:2001 color:notpro $Left text:"Wichita Stealth"
bar:WichitaStealth from:2001 till:2005 color:purple
# – Baton Rouge Blaze
bar:BatonRougeBlaze from:2001 till:2002 color:navy $Left text:"Baton Rouge Blaze"
# – Columbus Wardogs
bar:ColumbusWardogs from:2001 till:2005 color:red $Left text:"Columbus Wardogs"
# – Lafayette Roughnecks
bar:LafayetteRoughnecks from:2001 till:2002 color:gold $Left text:"Lafayette Roughnecks"
# – Louisville Fire
bar:LouisvilleFire from:2001 till:2009 color:red $Left text:"Louisville Fire"
# – Macon Knights
bar:MaconKnights from:2001 till:2007 color:blue $Left text:"Macon Knights"
# – Memphis Xplorers
bar:MemphisXplorers from:2001 till:2007 color:darkgreen $Left text:"Memphis Xplorers"
bar:MemphisXplorers at:2005 $champ mark:(line, darkgreen)
# – Rochester Brigade
bar:RochesterBrigade from:2001 till:2004 color:black $Left text:"Rochester Brigade"
# – Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings
bar:BossierShreveport from:2001 till:2004 color:teal $Left text:"Bossier City Battle Wings"
bar:BossierShreveport from:2004 till:2010 color:black $LeftIn $t:white text:"Bossier-Shreveport Battle Wings"
bar:BossierShreveport from:2010 till:2011 color:notpro
bar:BossierShreveport from:2011 till:2015 color:notpro $Right text:"New Orleans VooDoo"
# – Florida Firecats
bar:FloridaFirecats from:2001 till:2010 color:purple $Left text:"Florida Firecats"
bar:FloridaFirecats at:2004 $champ mark:(line, purple)
# – Fresno Frenzy
bar:FresnoFrenzy from:2002 till:2003 color:blue $Left text:"Fresno Frenzy"
# – Hawaiian Islanders
bar:HawaiianIslanders from:2002 till:2004 color:red $Left text:"Hawaiian Islanders"
# – Mobile Wizards
bar:MobileWizards from:2002 till:2003 color:teal $Left text:"Mobile Wizards"
# – New Haven Ninjas
bar:NewHavenNinjas from:2002 till:2003 color:orange $Left text:"New Haven Ninjas"
# – San Diego Riptide
bar:SanDiegoRiptide from:2002 till:2006 color:blue $Left text:"San Diego Riptide"
# – Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers
bar:Scranton from:2002 till:2010 color:blue $Left text:"Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Pioneers"
# – Albany Conquest
bar:AlbanyConquest from:2002 till:2009 color:black $Left text:"Albany Conquest"
bar:AlbanyConquest from:2009 till:2010 color:orange $Right text:"Albany Firebirds"
# – Bakersfield Blitz
bar:BakersfieldBlitz from:2002 till:2004 color:navy $Left text:"Bakersfield Blitz"
bar:BakersfieldBlitz from:2004 till:2010 color:red $Right text:"Central Valley Coyotes"
bar:BakersfieldBlitz2 from:2004 till:2008 color:navy $Left text:"Bakersfield Blitz"
# – South Georgia Wildcats
bar:SouthGeorgiaWildcats from:2002 till:2005 color:black $Left text:"Cape Fear Wildcats"
bar:SouthGeorgiaWildcats from:2005 till:2010 color:blue $Right text:"South Georgia Wildcats"
# – Manchester Wolves
bar:ManchesterWolves from:2002 till:2004 color:black $Left text:"Mohegan Wolves"
bar:ManchesterWolves from:2004 till:2010 color:blue $Right text:"Manchester Wolves"
# – Cincinnati Swarm
bar:CincinnatiSwarm from:2003 till:2004 color:navy $Left text:"Cincinnati Swarm"
# – Green Bay Blizzard
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bar:GreenBayBlizzard from:2010 till:end color:notpro
# – Laredo Law
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bar:LaredoLaw from:2006 till:2007 color:notpro $Left text:"Laredo Lobos"
bar:LaredoLaw from:2007 till:2008 color:blue
# – Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz
bar:OKC from:2004 till:2010 color:darkred $Left text:"Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz"
bar:OKC from:2010 till:2011 color:notpro
# – Rio Grande Valley Dorados
bar:RGV from:2004 till:2010 color:gold $Left text:"Rio Grande Valley Dorados"
# – Amarillo Dusters
bar:AmarilloDusters from:2004 till:2005 color:notpro $Left text:"Amarillo Dusters"
bar:AmarilloDusters from:2005 till:2010 color:black
bar:AmarilloDusters from:2010 till:end color:notpro $LeftIn text:"Amarillo Venom"
# – Everett Hawks
bar:EverettHawks from:2002 till:2005 color:notpro $Left text:"Eastside Hawks"
bar:EverettHawks from:2005 till:2006 color:notpro $LeftIn text:"Everett Hawks"
bar:EverettHawks from:2006 till:2008 color:yellow
# – Spokane Shock
bar:SpokaneShock from:2006 till:2010 color:darkblue $Left text:"Spokane Shock"
bar:SpokaneShock from:2010 till:2016 color:notpro
bar:SpokaneShock at:2006 $champ mark:(line, darkblue)
bar:SpokaneShock at:2009 $champ mark:(line, darkblue)
# – Stockton Lightning
bar:StocktonLightning from:2006 till:2010 color:black $Left text:"Stockton Lightning"
# – Tri-Cities Fever
bar:Tri-CitiesFever from:2005 till:2007 color:notpro $Left text:"Stockton Lightning"
bar:Tri-CitiesFever from:2007 till:2010 color:sand
bar:Tri-CitiesFever from:2010 till:2017 color:notpro
# – Texas Copperheads
bar:TexasCopperheads from:2006 till:2007 color:notpro $Left text:"Katy Copperheads"
bar:TexasCopperheads from:2007 till:2009 color:teal $Right text:"Texas Copperheads"
# – Boise Burn
bar:BoiseBurn from:2007 till:2010 color:orange $Left text:"Boise Burn"
# – Cincinnati Jungle Kats
bar:CincinnatiJungleKats from:2007 till:2008 color:black $Left text:"Cincinnati Jungle Kats"
# – Corpus Christi Sharks
bar:CorpusChristiSharks from:2007 till:2010 color:lightblue $Left text:"Corpus Christi Sharks"
# – Fort Wayne Fusion
bar:FortWayneFusion from:2007 till:2008 color:orange $Left text:"Fort Wayne Fusion"
# – Lubbock Renegades
bar:LubbockRenegades from:2007 till:2009 color:black $Left text:"Lubbock Renegades"
# – Mahoning Valley Thunder
bar:MahoningValleyThunder from:2007 till:2010 color:blue $Left text:"Mahoning Valley Thunder"
# – Kentucky Horsemen
bar:KentuckyHorsemen from:2003 till:2008 color:notpro $Left text:"Lexington Horsemen"
bar:KentuckyHorsemen from:2008 till:2009 color:black
bar:KentuckyHorsemen from:2009 till:2010 color:black $Right text:"Kentucky Horsemen"
# – Austin Wranglers
bar:AustinWranglers from:2004 till:2008 color:notpro $Left text:"Austin Wranglers"
bar:AustinWranglers from:2008 till:2009 color:navy
# – Daytona Beach ThunderBirds
bar:Daytona from:2005 till:2008 color:notpro $Left text:"Daytona Beach Hawgs/Thunder"
bar:Daytona from:2008 till:2009 color:lightblue $Right text:"Daytona Beach ThunderBirds"
# – Milwaukee Iron
bar:MilwaukeeIron from:2009 till:2010 color:black $Left text:"Milwaukee Iron"
bar:MilwaukeeIron from:2010 till:2011 color:notpro
bar:MilwaukeeIron from:2011 till:2013 color:notpro $RightIn text:"Milwaukee Mustangs"
bar:MilwaukeeIron from:2014 till:2016 color:notpro $LeftIn text:"Portland Thunder"
bar:MilwaukeeIron from:2016 till:2017 color:notpro $Right text:"Portland Steel"

External links

ArenaFan Online's af2 Historical Teams List

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